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8/22/2006 Clinton R. Nixon: [Mortal Coil] Frozen Alaska and serious rules questions
Brennan and all, My group played Mortal Coil last night in an awesome setting (the Klondike gold rush + necromancy), and I want to say that the setting-building part of…
In Galileo Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, inthisstyle, boredoom, Doyce, coffeestain, jasonm, Nathan P., Andy Kitkowski.

8/18/2006 Clinton R. Nixon: Forge @ GenCon SoCal 2006
People, I will be at GenCon SoCal again this year. The deadline for the booth getting is September 26. Lest you think GenCon SoCal is no GenCon at all, know…
In Conventions
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, abzu, Justin D. Jacobson, Nathan P., Albert of Feh, joepub, Malcolm, Joshua BishopRoby, Iskander, Jake Richmond, Gordon C. Landis, okiran, Ron Edwards, MarktheAnimator.

8/8/2006 Clinton R. Nixon: GenCon demo fest Wednesday night
Peoples of the Forge, Wednesday night, I will be organizing a demo-fest. I'm sure you've got a 10-minute demo of your game, right? I'd like to help you get better…
In Conventions
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Justin D. Jacobson, JohnU, TonyLB, Michael S. Miller, Nathan P., John Harper, Ben Lehman, Blankshield, joepub, Yokiboy, Lxndr, Paka, Meguey.

8/6/2006 Clinton R. Nixon: Forge news - Aug 5 2006
Two administrator notes: 1) After the recent spam, I am taking a hard line against spam on here. If a post smells like spam, and the author has not posted…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

7/20/2006 Clinton R. Nixon: Preorders for The Princes' Kingdom
The Princes' Kingdom is off to press, and man, it looks good! Between that and a big reprint of The Shadow of Yesterday, whew, what a week! You want to…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, greyorm, Zabieru, coffeestain, joshua neff, oliof.

6/19/2006 Clinton R. Nixon: [TSOY] Starting a new game; asking about BDTP
RedPissLegion wrote: I get (i think... hope) the idea of BDTP, zoom in on the conflit and get your hands dirty with the bloody mess of the conflict. What's…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, RedPissLegion, Clay, Thunder_God, Gaerik, John Harper, Frank T.

4/19/2006 Clinton R. Nixon: [AG&G] The life and death of Rama, bandit-king
So, we played Vincent's new game, Art, Grace, and Guts again. It's officially my game I'd take to a desert island, not only because it's more fun than anything I've…
In Playtesting
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, jasonm, lumpley, LeSingeSavant, Jeph.

4/16/2006 Clinton R. Nixon: [AG&G] The Wyrm and the Witch
We played Vincent's newest game, Art, Grace, and Guts at our monthly local roleplayers' meetup today, and it was plenty fun. The game, if you haven't seen it, is predicated…
In Playtesting
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, jasonm, lumpley, Marhault.

4/13/2006 Clinton R. Nixon: ConCarolinas indie game track
I've secured an indie game track at ConCarolinas, a largeish sci-fi/gaming convention in Charlotte, NC on June 2 - 4. We've got some good games that are going to be…
In Conventions
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, seawolf69.

4/11/2006 Clinton R. Nixon: [Mouse Guard] Yes-play and no-game
I played last night in the first real session of Mouse Guard, a quick RPG I made based on the excellent comics of the same name. It was my standard…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, jasonm, Thunder_God, Alex Fradera.

2/28/2006 Clinton R. Nixon: [Steel Shadows] The Power 19
[b]Intro[/b] So, hey, I'm posting about a game I'm designing on the Forge. I was talking with a friend recently, who pointed out I hadn't posted in Indie Game Design…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Andrew Morris, Technocrat13, Bryan Hansel, Ben Lehman, jasonm, Troy_Costisick, dindenver, xenopulse, John Harper, Blake T. Deakin, Jack Aidley, Sydney Freedberg, rafial, Matt, CLawrence, CommonDialog, gains.

1/23/2006 Clinton R. Nixon: [Dreamation, The Princes' Kingdom] The Island of Lo Pang
I ran The Princes' Kingdom at Dreamation for seven players - which is insane, but great! I will tell you right now that it was one of the most fun…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, RobNJ, nikola, Lisa Padol, jasonm, Sydney Freedberg, Andrew Morris, inthisstyle.

1/11/2006 Clinton R. Nixon: Red Prophet, Black Prophet - tying game sessions to the real world
[color=red][b]Serious warning:[/b] Seriously, if you're easily upset or offended about modern-day events, especially those involving Islamic jihad and September 11, this isn't the thread for you.[/color] I've been running my…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ben Lehman, Noon, jasonm, LeSingeSavant, TheTris, gains.

11/30/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: Playtest opens - The Face of Angels
Howdy! The Face of Angels is a new short-form role-playing game from me. It is way more drama and seriousness than most of my games. Also, it is about teens…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Aman the Rejected, Victor Gijsbers.

11/30/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: [The Face of Angels] A Georgian Hurricane
I just had my second playtest of The Face of Angels, my newest game, and it was good. Before I even talk about it too much, a quick side-note on…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, inthisstyle, Emily Care, Technocrat13, Rob MacDougall, Thor Olavsrud, Aman the Rejected.

10/15/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: FindPlay - a new tool to find other gamers in your area
Last Tuesday, I got this itch to write a tool to help people find people in their area that like the same games they do. I released it this morning,…
In Connections
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, beingfrank, jasonm, Bankuei, Blankshield, matthijs, immlass, Matt Snyder, Wolfen, foucalt, Jason L Blair, Dave Panchyk, Paka, Dev, Andrew Morris, Meguey, demiurgeastaroth, RobNJ, thelostgm, rafial, M. J. Young, Karl, Ben Lehman, Matt, jrs, Christopher Weeks, Dumirik, Samael, Nev the Deranged, Parsolamew, Roland.of.Gilead, okiran.

10/4/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: [DitV] All Dogs Go to Heaven
This last Sunday, Andy Kitkowski, who you may know from the Indie RPG Awards, hosted the second YukiCon, his house-convention. We had quite a bit of good play, and I…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, bcook1971, jasonm, Bob Goat, Technocrat13, urbanpagan, Mike Holmes, lumpley, ptikachu.

9/29/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: Workaround for Apple's Pages software to generate non-crap PDFs
Apple's Pages software is getting used more and more to generate print-ready PDFs. It's a decent piece of software, but its PDF generation is for crap and can result in…
In Publishing
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, pfischer, Nathan P..

9/2/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: The Shadow of Yesterday revised on sale!
Seriously, it's available now from my Lulu store. So, if you like crazy goblins and sweet lovin' on the corner of Full Moon Drive and Blade-Edge Avenue, get you a…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, coffeestain, Tymen, Matt-M-McElroy, David Bapst, Victor Gijsbers, krs, Clay, Roger Eberhart, Andrew Norris, tzunder, jjspackle, Brand_Robins, Twobirds, pfischer, Michael S. Miller, Ragnar Deerslayer, Frank T, First Age.

8/28/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: [Shadow of the Lamb] Miracles
Hey, all. I'm writing a new game hot on the heels of GenCon. It's called "Shadow of the Lamb" and is about the first three centuries of Christianity, and, hey,…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Sean, dyjoots, motherlessgoose, quozl, WhiteRat, Eero Tuovinen, rafial, ejh, timfire, Spooky Fanboy, Tony Irwin, Arturo G., SirValence, Doug Ruff, Paul Czege.

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8/31/2006 Clinton R. Nixon: [Hero's Banner] War for the Soul of Uran
Jason, Remi, and I played Hero's Banner this week, and, man, did we have fun! This Actual Play post will go best with some actual talk about our play. I'm…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jye Nicolson, jasonm, Ron Edwards, Tim C Koppang, LeSingeSavant, Nev the Deranged, Bret Gillan.

1/9/2007 Clinton R. Nixon: Upgrade occurred on Jan 9th
Hi, all! I upgraded the forums on January 9th, which should really help with the spam nonsense we've had. There's no new features I know of to announce at this…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, crowyhead, Miskatonic, Noon, Chris Goodwin, Graham Walmsley.

1/21/2007 Clinton R. Nixon: HeroQuest - Testosterone-filled Imperial goodness
Throw up the devil horns! The Durham 3 are playing HeroQuest and it is crazy wild. I've wanted to play HeroQuest for a very long time. If you aren't a…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Brand_Robins, ( o Y o ), joshua neff, Neil the Wimp, jasonm, Frank Tarcikowski, Ian Cooper.

1/31/2007 Clinton R. Nixon: PAX - Seattle, WA - Aug 24-26
In several conversations over the last year, I've heard people express an interest in re-defining what they are doing from the term "role-playing game" or the traditional role-playing game culture.…
In Conventions
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Sugarbaker, rafial, Ben Lehman, c, abzu, Jake Richmond.

5/7/2007 Clinton R. Nixon: Planned downtime May 12-14, 2007
We are moving the server that the Forge is on to accommodate the growth of it. This will take quite a bit of time, so I'm planning real downtime. This…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Artanis, Ron Edwards, oliof, lumpley, Eliarhiman6, Filip Luszczyk.

5/7/2007 Clinton R. Nixon: Planned downtime May 12-14, 2007
We are moving the server that the Forge is on to accommodate the growth of it. This will take quite a bit of time, so I'm planning real downtime. This…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

2/2/2008 Clinton R. Nixon: [Dreamation 2008] Questers of the Middle Realms
I ran Tim Gray's Questers of the Middle Realms at Dreamation 2008 last weekend, and have been looking forward to having time to talk about it. It's stressful walking into…
In Actual Play
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ian Charvill.

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